Bracket



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Pifdj ATTO R N EY April 24, 1928.

I R. B. PETERS BRACKET Filed April 12. 1927 2 Sheets-Shoot WITN Ss-April 24, 1928. 1,667,604

R. B. PETERS BRACKET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 12, 1927 I M6: 24 1521 -.0

. s'ists ofmeans for attaching 'g'uy wires for Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

v ROBERT B. mm, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' BRACKET.

' Application filed April 12,

This invention relates to brackets primarily adapted to supportstandards and to alter the angular positions thereof.

Another object of the invention comprehends a socket member for thestandard to permitrotation within the bracket.

A further object comprehends a handle member to rotate the" socketmember and the standard.

More specifically stated the bracket is provided with locl'ring meansfor the handle member. s y p I An additional object of the inventionconyards therethrough.

IVith'the above and other objects in view,

stea'dying the standard and-for guiding hal- I the invention furtherconsists of the following novel features and details of construction, tobe hereinafter more fully descr bed, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings,

and pointed out in In the drawings: Q

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mventhe appended claims.

.tion while in use.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is a sectional view takenon line 33 of Figure 1.

,Figures 4 and 5 are side elevations of the bracket per se.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the invention.

Figure 7 is a sectional view-taken on line 7-7 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the former figure. I

Figure 9 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention,consisting of the rigid bracket construction. a

, Figure 10 is a top plan view of the modification.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10indicates a base plate secured and reposing upon a window sill orthelike. Said plate is provided with an upstanding disk member 11 having aserrated face 12 upon one side thereof. A bracket member 13 having atapered bore ll is provided with a disk member 15 depending therefromand having one side thereof serrated as indicated at 16 for lockingengagement with the serrations 12 of thedisk member 11 and to rigidlyhold the bracket member 13 at a desired inclination when a fasteningelement, such 1927. Serial 110. 183,129.

as indicated M17, is passed centrally and transversely of the disks.

A socket member 18 is provided with an elongated tapered extension 19journaled Within the tapered bore 14 of the bracket member 13substantially as Figure 6 of the drawings. An arm 20 carried by thesocket member 18 is provided with spaced sleeve members 21 and'22,respectively. having thefbores therefor disillustrated in posed indirect alignment: with the socket opening inthe socket member. 18, thepurpose of which will be readily i I apparent. The'mventionis primarilyadapted for use in supporting flag poles or standards and to permitrotation of the pole or standard with the socket member within, thebracket member to unfurl the flag suspended from the standard when thesame becomes tangled.

In carrying out the invention the standard 23 is passed and seatedwithin the socket portion of the socket member 18. A fastening element24 carried bythe sleeve member 22 isadap'ted for bighting engagementwith the standard 23 to prevent independent rotary movement.

The sleeve 21, after-the manner'of the socket member 18. and bracketmember'1 3 is provided with spaced ears 25*upon the upper sides thereof.w

'An' operating lever 26 pivotally mounted between the ears 21 has theremaining portion of its length normally reposing between the earscarried by the socket member and bracket member respectively. The earsupon the bracket member 13 are further provided with a latch finger 27adapted to swing,

from one earto the other to 26'against displacement.

The lever 26 when raised to a vertical position will afford thenecessary leverage to rotate the major portion of the support with thestandard 23 to unfurl the emblem carried thereb thus obviating theemployment of a stick or other instrument to whip the flag in anopposite direction from which .the same was furled upon the standard.

In F igures 9 and 10v of the drawings I have illustrated a modified formof the invention differentiating from the characteristics of thedescribed and the bracket. I

The base plate 10 and the mounting of the bracket member 13 aremanufactured in one piece to provide a unitary structure,

hold the lever illustrated, in the'manner of through the sleeves 21 and22" preferred form as previously 1 eration of the device when untanglingthe idly secure the same upon a standard immediately in advance of thesleeve members 22. A. ring rotatably mounted within the guide channelprovided upon the outer surface ofthe annular flange member 28 is inturn provided with apcrtured arms 31 upon diametrically opposite sidesthereof and adapted for. connection with guy wires 32 connected with asuitable stationary structure to steady the pole. In the instance offlying a flag or emblem from the standard or pole the halyards for theflag or emblem would ordinarily intefere with the opflag or emblem. Toovercome this diflieulty I provide cut-out portions 33 in the side wallsof the guide channel of the annular flange member 28 which are adaptedto receive the halyards therein. A ring 34 also standard may be rotatedto rotatably mounted within the guide channel of the flange member 28has the ends thereof spaced an appreciable distance to permit ingressand egress of the halyards within the cut-out portions 33 when the spacetween the ends thereof registers with the cut-out portions 33. a

It will thus be noted that the pole or unfurl a flag or emblem but theguy wires 32 will remain standards or poles et member set due to theaforementioned connection between the annular flange member 28 and ring30. The ring 84 will prevent dlsplacement of the halyards.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved tomake-such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A bracket, supporting means-therefor, a socket member rotatablymounted Within the bracket, an arm carried by the socket, and a leverconnected with the arm adapted to rotate the socket within the bracketand to lock the latter therein.

2. A device foruse upon poles comprising a bracket, supporting means forthe bracket affording angular-adjustment thereto, a socket memberrotatably mounted within the bracket, an arm carried bythe socketmember, sleeve members mounted upon the arm having the bores thereofdisposed in alignment with the opening within the sockto receive thepoletherein, ears carried upon one of the sleeve members socket memberand bracket, and an "operating lever pivotally mounted between a pair ofthe ears for rotating the socket member within the bracket and adaptedfor locking engagement between the remaining ears upon the socket andbracket members'respectively.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ROBERT B. PETERS,

against displacement

